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2016 Pacific typhoon season

Every recorded track, mapped · 32 storms · 26 May 2016–28 Dec 2016

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY258.2
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2016 Pacific typhoon season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 32 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESCANADAMEXICOAFRICAEUROPECHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalUnnamed: 26 May–27 May, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionNepartak: 2 Jul–10 Jul, peak 155 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 17 Jul–18 Jul, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionLupit: 22 Jul–24 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormMirinae: 25 Jul–28 Jul, peak 65 kt, Category 1Nida: 29 Jul–2 Aug, peak 80 kt, Category 1Omais: 2 Aug–9 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Conson: 7 Aug–14 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormChanthu: 11 Aug–17 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormDianmu: 15 Aug–19 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormMindulle: 17 Aug–22 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Lionrock: 17 Aug–30 Aug, peak 120 kt, Category 4Kompasu: 18 Aug–21 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 23 Aug–24 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormNamtheun: 31 Aug–5 Sep, peak 100 kt, Category 3Malou: 5 Sep–7 Sep, no US-agency windMeranti: 9 Sep–16 Sep, peak 170 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 10 Sep–11 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormRai: 11 Sep–13 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionMalakas: 11 Sep–20 Sep, peak 115 kt, Category 4Megi: 21 Sep–29 Sep, peak 120 kt, Category 4Chaba: 24 Sep–5 Oct, peak 150 kt, Category 5Songda: 7 Oct–12 Oct, peak 130 kt, Category 4Aere: 4 Oct–14 Oct, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormSarika: 12 Oct–19 Oct, peak 115 kt, Category 4Haima: 14 Oct–21 Oct, peak 145 kt, Category 5Meari: 30 Oct–6 Nov, peak 90 kt, Category 2Ma-On: 9 Nov–13 Nov, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 10 Nov–13 Nov, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionTokage: 24 Nov–28 Nov, peak 80 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 12 Dec–13 Dec, no US-agency windNock-Ten: 20 Dec–28 Dec, peak 140 kt, Category 5

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2016 Pacific typhoon season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1000600
Nepartak–155Cat 59072,020
Unnamed–25Tropical depression1004650
Lupit–45Tropical storm9891,700
Mirinae–65Cat 1974790
Nida–80Cat 19631,490
Omais–65Cat 19743,180
Conson–55Tropical storm9823,170
Chanthu–60Tropical storm9782,930
Dianmu–45Tropical storm989930
Mindulle–65Cat 19742,370
Lionrock–120Cat 49333,810
Kompasu–35Tropical storm9961,790
Unnamed–40Tropical storm993810
Namtheun–100Cat 39481,190
Malou–—Unclassified1000780
Meranti–170Cat 58952,470
Unnamed–35Tropical storm9961,390
Rai–30Tropical depression1000790
Malakas–115Cat 49372,710
Megi–120Cat 49332,420
Chaba–150Cat 59115,620
Aere–55Tropical storm9851,840
Songda–130Cat 49264,090
Sarika–115Cat 49441,620
Haima–145Cat 59144,350
Meari–90Cat 29622,840
Ma-On–35Tropical storm9961,420
Unnamed–25Tropical depression10041,400
Tokage–80Cat 19631,040
Unnamed–—Unclassified—160
Nock-Ten–140Cat 59152,250

32 storms with an IBTrACS 2016 typhoon season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 26 May 2016, last 28 Dec 2016.

Tropical storms26

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Typhoons17

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)11

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 55

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormMeranti

170 kt · 196 mph / 315 km/h

Lowest pressure895 hPa

Meranti, 13 Sept 2016

Longest track record14 days

Lionrock, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind2

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2016 season in brief

How many typhoons were there in the 2016 Pacific typhoon season?

The archive records 17 typhoons (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 26 tropical storms, with 11 major typhoons reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2016 Pacific typhoon season?

Meranti, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 170 kt (Category 5) on 13 Sept 2016, 12:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 895 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2016?

5 storms in the 2016 Pacific typhoon season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Nepartak, Meranti, Chaba, Haima, Nock-Ten.

When did the 2016 Pacific typhoon season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 26 May 2016 and the last on 28 Dec 2016, from 32 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first typhoon of the 2016 Pacific typhoon season?

Nepartak, which reached typhoon strength (64 kt) on 4 Jul 2016, 18:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Western Pacific basin for the 2016 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for typhoon strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Western Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology